Centre-forwards with the Best Potential in Premiership

The highest-potential centre-forwards in Premiership, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Youssef Chermiti of Rangers is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in Premiership, with a Field Insider Rating of 53, and D. Maeda has been the form player this season, grading 51.8, and L. Shankland leads the scoring with 16 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: E. Just has improved his Season rating most, up +30.5 on last season, while J. Hugill's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +15.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Cláudio Braga of Heart Of Midlothian is the most valuable name in this group at 17.8.

Best talent

Youssef Chermiti53RTG

Kilmarnock · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

E. Just+30.5SsN

Motherwell · 22/23→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Youssef Chermiti Centre-forward	Rangers	22	47	5323.3%
2	O. Elding Centre-forward	Hibernian	20	21	49
3	Cláudio Braga Centre-forward	Heart Of Midlothian	26	4838.2%	4935.6%
4	D. Watson Centre-forward	Kilmarnock	21	1647.7%	483.1%
5	B. Stewart Centre-forward	Falkirk	24	27	47
6	E. Just Centre-forward	Motherwell	26	38412.2%	4715%
7	K. Vargas Centre-forward	Heart Of Midlothian	24	1922.7%	474.7%
8	P. Kabore Centre-forward	Heart Of Midlothian	25	20	46
9	J. Hugill Centre-forward	Kilmarnock	22	25322.4%	4553.1%
10	Emmanuel Gyamfi Centre-forward	Aberdeen	22	7	44
11	M. Lazetić Centre-forward	Aberdeen	22	15	4424.2%
12	T. Yengi Centre-forward	Livingston	23	156.4%	446.9%
13	T. John-Jules Centre-forward	Kilmarnock	25	25654.5%	427.9%
14	N. Möller Centre-forward	Dundee Utd	24	1034%	424.7%
15	M. Dackers Centre-forward	Kilmarnock	23	844%	4130.9%
16	D. Maeda Centre-forward	Celtic	28	5212.5%	4117.7%
17	B. Miovski Centre-forward	Rangers	27	2393.2%	3844.4%
18	M. Watters Centre-forward	Dundee Utd	27	1712.3%	3613.4%
19	B. Anderson Centre-forward	Kilmarnock	27	2037.4%	3617.6%
20	D. Nlundulu Centre-forward	ST Mirren	27	125.7%	3415.4%
21	R. MacIver Centre-forward	Falkirk	27	11	34
22	L. Shankland Centre-forward	Heart Of Midlothian	30	5021%	3214.7%
23	K. Nisbet Centre-forward	Aberdeen	29	3121.3%	3123.6%
24	C. Hendry Centre-forward	Motherwell	28	0100%	297.1%
25	J. Ayunga Centre-forward	ST Mirren	29	1146.8%	2627.4%
26	M. Mandron Centre-forward	ST Mirren	31	263%	2419.1%
27	R. Muirhead Centre-forward	Livingston	30	21	24
28	M. Boyle Centre-forward	Hibernian	33	3140.2%	1837.7%
29	S. Murray Centre-forward	Dundee	34	2552%	1441%
30	J. Bokila Centre-forward	Livingston	37	157.5%	667.1%